Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., to Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Elnora Dickerson Davis. His father served as an officer in the 9th Cavalry, one of the ...

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps to become one of the most storied military commanders of his generation. Explore 80 years ago, nation’s military named its first Black ...

Benjamin O. Davis Jr., left, and his father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., shake hands on the day of his graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1936.

Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Jr., were a father-son duo who, respectively, went on to become the Army’s first Black general and a four-star Air Force general who led the famed Tuskegee Airmen and ...

The Aerospace Professor memoir: Meeting and greeting Tuskegee Airman General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. as a hospital patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES ...